Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or is the reverse true: is it true now, but wasn't true then?
NO! I~do~not~agree~with~gray~beard~Tao~should~be~able~to~do~whatever~he~wants~no~matter~what~anybody~says~and~, and-yes-for-back-then-it-was-true-but-not-now